Factiva and Microsoft, Inc. announced a relationship that will deliver news and business information from Factiva into the Microsoft Office 2003 suite. Factiva’s first solution for Office 2003, Factiva News Search, will allow information workers to conduct research on Factiva’s 8,000 sources directly from a report or presentation they’re creating. For example, while drafting a competitive brief in Word 2003, competitive intelligence professionals can use Factiva News Search to quickly look up industry trends from newspapers, journals, and newswires from around the world and insert that research into their document. Factiva News Search will be integrated into the Research Task Pane of all Microsoft Office 2003 applications, including Word 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, Outlook 2003, and PowerPoint 2003. Factiva News Search is currently available as part of the Microsoft Office 2003 Beta 2 trial. Factiva’s investment in a platform based on XML and Web services enabled its integration with the Microsoft Office 2003 system. While evaluating beta test feedback, Factiva and Microsoft will also be researching customer solutions that can be built on top of the Office 2003 System. www.factiva.com
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Microsoft Corp. began distributing a half-million copies of the beta 2 version of the new Microsoft Office System to customers and partners worldwide. Seven Office System products are provided in the beta evaluation kit, including beta 2 versions of the new Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access), the two new Office System additions, Microsoft Office InfoPath, Microsoft Office OneNote, as well as Microsoft Office FrontPage, Microsoft Office Publisher, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server “2.0,”. The products were developed with four key design goals in mind: information intelligence, process management, effective teaming, and personal impact. The release of the Microsoft Office System to beta 2 testing enables Microsoft business partners to build information worker solutions that incorporate collaboration and portal capabilities and improved desktop tools. Business partners also can begin testing the new information and research services they will be able to offer as Web services. Microsoft Office System products are scheduled for release in mid-2003. Pricing and availability are unavailable. www.microsoft.com
Document Sciences Corporation announced the release of xPression, a content processing services architecture. xPression extends the capabilities of enterprise Content Management, CRM, Portal and Business Application systems through a J2EE/XML component-based architecture. xPression uses XML to connect an organization’s existing workflow components. xPression works with Microsoft Word to design documents based on business rules. xPression can communicate with any solution, customize content at a high level of granularity, generate output through multiple channels and handle both transactional and high-volume batch processes. It runs on an IBM WebSphere, and is compatible with Windows 2000, Solaris, AIX, and HP/UX platforms. Support for BEA WebLogic, and z/OS will be added later this year. XPression is Unicode compatible. It integrates with Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server. Xpression’s Upgrade Utility allows companies currently using Document Sciences’ Autograph DLS product to migrate their applications to the xPression environment if application server operability is desired. Supported output formats include: PDF, HTML, Postscript, AFP, Metacode, and PCL. www.docscience.com
Atomica Corporate announced the immediate availability of GuruNet 4.0, an advanced version of its application for Windows PC’s, and the successor to Atomica Slingshot. With a single click on any word or phrase on the screen, GuruNet delivers real-time and reference information, including dictionary and encyclopedia terms, thesaurus, acronyms, technical terms, company descriptions, stock quotes, biographies, news, sports, weather, maps, translation and more. GuruNet’s technology displays an unobtrusive pop-up window on demand, without interrupting users’ work. It works within any Windows application: e-mail, Office, enterprise apps and web browsers. Answers are activated by an alt-click on any word on the screen; GuruNet provides an instant definition, overview or snapshot description. GuruNet displays pre-compiled and organized reference data from over 50 premium content sources. Among its improvements are: user interface innovations; richer, more dynamic content; expanded customization; instant audible word pronunciation; and an advanced power query capability. In addition to single end-user licenses, the company offers educational, corporate and large-organization group discounts.
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Corel Corporation unveiled the new version of WordPerfect Office 11, scheduled for North American availability in spring 2003. WordPerfect Office 11 includes new Document Map and Collaborative Review functions, Reveal Codes, and RealTime Preview. A new Classic Mode features the WordPerfect 5.1 user environment, complete with a blue screen interface and WordPerfect 5.1 keystrokes. An enhanced legal toolbar adds features from WordPerfect Law Office Editions, including the Pleading Wizard, Concordance macro tool and Publish to EDGAR. Improved XML integration gives users the ability to publish slide shows, spreadsheets and WordPerfect files to XML. File sharing capabilities include Publish to PDF features in WordPerfect and Presentations, suite-wide Publish to HTML capabilities, and upport for ODMA (Open Document Management API). New email Document Routing capabilities and Microsoft Outlook Address Book connectivity lets users collaborate via Microsoft Outlook. Set for availability in late April, WordPerfect Office 11 will be offered in Standard and Professional editions, with the Professional edition as a license-only offering. WordPerfect Office 11 Standard edition has a suggested retail price (SRP) of $299.99US. Existing users of WordPerfect Office will be eligible to purchase WordPerfect Office 11 Standard at the upgrade SRP of $149.99US. A special edition to serve the education market will be available at an SRP of $99.99 US. www.corel.com
Software AG, Inc. announced the availability of a new software component for its Tamino XML Server 4.1 that allows the native XML server to validate digital signatures in support of secure electronic communications. Tamino XML Security Extensions makes the completion of legally binding contracts and other sensitive transactions over the Internet more secure and convenient. Digital signature technology allows the author of an electronic document to digitally “sign” the document and check later to see if the document has been modified without permission. Tamino XML Security Extensions automatically checks whether an electronic document has been given a digital signature, and verifies the validity of the signature during the database storage transaction for the signed document. A Developer Community download for Tamino XML Security Extensions is available. http://developer.softwareag.com/tamino/download.htm
iManage, Inc. announced two partners in the legal and corporate markets: eCM, a provider of outsourced electronic content management and cataloging systems, and Hubbard One, a provider of software to legal departments and law firms. iManage partners resell, deploy and build products and add-ons that complement the iManage WorkSite suite, which delivers document management, collaboration, workflow and knowledge management accessible through an integrated portal in a single integrated Internet solution. eCM provides complete outsourced content management and cataloging solutions for corporate and corporate legal clients. The firm converts content to structured formats to prepare it for electronic distribution applications including e-commerce, electronic publishing and online information services. Hubbard One develops intranets, extranets and Web sites for corporate legal departments and law firms increase. Hubbard One will work with customers to integrate the iManage WorkSite suite with their own software suites: LegalConnect for corporate legal departments and FirmConnect for law firms. www.electriccm.com, www.hubbardone.com, www.imanage.com
iUpload, a provider of content management services is merging with WebPartz, a provider of hosted e-business component applications. The new company will transact business under the iUpload brand, and expand its service to manage content from staff, application and visitor-generated. WebPartz and iUpload form an ASP delivering content management services across all categories. iUpload adds tools from WebPartz to manage content from applications and web site visitors. These functions include online surveys, e-mail marketing, newsletter publishing, site wide search and wireless applications. The new company provides these functions as “partz,” allowing marketing departments to elevate a brochure-ware web presence to an e-Business site by blending partz into a solution that best meets their needs. The content management function will serve as the interface to the other partz, so instead of four or five separate applications, the iUpload interface is the hub for using the other partz. www.webpartz.com, www.iupload.com
